Top bow on miniature mounted on spindles, ready for wedging

 

A very busy couple days just flew past. The communion table's base is glued up. I will try and get some good photos tomorrow. Sunday I need to sand the astragal molding then start gluing it on to the shirts. In addition to everything else, one of my nieghbors came over and spent the last two days cutting down and cutting up two dead elm trees that were waiting to fall in a stiff breeze. I've been lucky on that at least. Now my wife is in a hurry to get the new wood stacked. One more job on the family "to do' list. In other news, Mark brought over the four carved upper panels of the baptismal font. His work is amazing. I will try to get detail shots of these as I know some of you will like them. One panel features a carved linden tree who minute detailing is beyond words. Another, the chuch is part of a historical fishing and boat building community, shows a man rowing a dory with a pine tree covered rocky shore in the background. I'm still trying to figure out how Mark carved the planking in the dory. Consider that each of the panals that make up the fonts octogonal top section are no more than six inches wide and ten inches high. This makes each of the carving no more than 3-1/2 to four inches wide. The finished font is going to be stunning in no small part due to Mark's craftsmanship.